Wire-fence clip.



No. 763,339. PATENTED JUNE 21,1904. J. W. BODGE.

WIRE FENCE CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1903.

NO MODEL.

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Patented June 21, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES W.

REITLER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

WIRE-FENCE CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,339, dated June 21, 1904.

Application filed September 1, 1903. Serial No. 171,551. (No model.)

To al /Z whom it may concern:

"Be it known that 1, JOHN W. BODGE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ire-Fence Clips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for fastening wires together at their intersection, and is more especially intended for use in fastening wires and stays together in wire-fence construction. Hence the device will be described in this specification with special reference to its use as a wire-fence-fastening clip.

My object is to provide a device of this class which shall be extremely simple in construction, that may be manufactured at small cost, that shall thoroughly perform the function above indicated, and that shall be reliable, durable, and practicable in use; and to these ends the invention consists of the features, arran gements, and combinations hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail view of the blank from which the clip or fastening device is made, the two intersecting parts to be fastened together by the clip being shown by dotted lines. Figs. 2 and 3 are views showing the clip applied and viewed from opposite sides. Fig. 4 is a view looking in the direction of arrow (0 in Fig. 3, one of the wires being shown in section. Fig. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 6, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a view indicating the manner of bending the cross-wires at their intersection when the clip is applied. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the blank without the cross-wires. Fig. 8 is a side view in detail showing the clip before it is applied. Fig. 9 is a top view of the clip shown in detail and in a position the reverse of that shown in Fig. 3.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the blank from which my improved clip is made. The parts to be connected at their intersection will be termed, respectively, the wire and the stay, the horizontal part being termed the wire and designated 6 and the vertical part the stay, which is designated 7. Then the blank is properly shaped to form the complete clip, (see Figs. 8 and 9,) the parts or end projections A and B form lips which when the devicev is applied are bent over the stay on one side of the wire, while the parts or end projections O and D form lips which are bent over the stay on the opposite side of the wire. The projections A and B are so formed that they engage each other in lines extending diagonally across the stay, and the same may be said of the parts O and D. The clip is also provided with two recesses E and F, which are engaged by and form seats for the wire on opposite sides of the stay. The central part of the clip,w here the wire is inserted, is pressed outwardly, as shown at 8, forming a cup into which one of the connected parts is bent. As shown in the drawings, the two connected parts 6 and 7 are bent in opposite directions at their intersection, the wire or part 6 being bent into the cup-shaped part of the clip. This bending of the connected parts out of the planes of their body portions forms an interlocking connection and greatly aids in the performance of the fastening function. This bending of the connected parts is best illustrated in Fig. 6.

Between the recess E and the end lips or projections A and C are two recesses G and H, while between the recess F and the projections B and D are two recessesl and J. The

location of these recesses when the blank is formed into the completed clip is indicated by the same reference characters in Figs. 2, 3, and 8.

In using the device a fastening-clip is applied by means of a suitable tool (not shown) to each intersection of the wire and stay or the two parts to be fastened together.

In the completed clip, as shown in Fig. 9, the device is provided with lateral projecting shoulders located on opposite sides of the clip, there being two shoulders on each side. These shoulders extend outwardly from the lips, which are bent over the stay, and at their outer extremities the seats E and F for the wire are formed. These seats are thus located some distance from the stay and afford a bearing of considerable length for the wire.

The device is slightly cut away at the back, as shown at 4, thus forming the parts of the clip on opposite sides of the wire into short projections 3, which are adapted to be bent against and partly over the wire when the device is in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A blank for fastening-clips, consisting of a flat plate longer in one direction than the other and having three notches formed in each of its longer edges.

2. A blank for a fastening-clip, consisting of a flat plate longer in one portion than the other and having three notches or recesses formed in each of its longer edges, the portions of the walls of the end recess on one side of the blank, nearer the ends of the blank, being beveled or inclined, and the corners immediately beyond the end recesses on the opposite side of the blank, being provided with inclines or bevels which are parallel with the said bevels of the opposite notches.

3. A clip for fastening wires at their intersection, said clip having a cavity in its center, two projections on opposite sides of its center bent to form seats for one wire, the seats being of less depth than the central cavity of the clip, each of the said projections having two lips adapted to be bent over the wire, the adjacent edges of the said lips of each projection being parallel and in contact with each other and extending diagonally across the wire when the latter is in place; the said clip having two other projections extending on opposite sides of the central cavity and in a direction at right angles to the first-named projections, but shorter than the latter, the shorter projections having recesses forming seats for the other wire and in the same plane as the wire-seats of the longer projections, each of the shorter projections being cut away at the rear to form two short lips adapted to grasp the wire.

4. A clip for fastening crossed wires at their intersection, said clip having a cavity in its cen ter, two projections on opposite sides of its center curved to form seats for one wire, the said seats being of less depth than the central cavity but communicating therewith, each of the said projections having two lips adapted to be bent over the wire; the said clip having also two other projections extending on opposite sides of the central cavity and in a direction at right angles to the first-named projections, but shorter than the latter, the shorter projections having upturned edges provided with recesses forming seats for the other wire and in the same plane as the wire-seats of the longer projections, the seats of the shorter projections being cut away at the rear to form short lips adapted to grasp the wire, the said last-named lips, however, being shorter than those of the longer projections.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN W. BODGE.

Witnesses: w

DENA NELSON, A. J. OBRIEN. 

